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Some people get a kick out of 3D printing guns in their garage. Why not apply that to other weapons?
by hotpotamus 4y ago
Some people get a kick out of 3D printing guns in their garage. Why not apply that to other weapons?
- AzzieElbab 4y agoNo one is 3d printing ballistic nuclear weapons. Scale matter?
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoIf you use weapons-grade plutonium as the feed stock for your 3D printer, you won't live long enough for the scale issues to stop you.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoUnlike those who print guns, I don't think virologists are motivated by spite for politicians.
- hotpotamus 4y agoI don't see any reason there would be correlation in those qualities. But it's more that I think that advances in technology will eventually democratize biological weapons in ways that 3d printing have democratized the production of small arms.
- muaytimbo 4y agoVirologists at academic centers like BU are beholden to their paymasters. Grant-writing and groveling day in and day out. I'm not sure what feelings develop in that endless loop of futility.